The Sun. — London, England, 1809-07-17 00:00:00

THE PRINCESS OF IF:ILES. A statement has been giv'en, a'pparently, froth au thority, of a meeting which took place on Friday last, at the York Hotel, Bridge-itreet, Blackfriars, in consequence of a letter circulated by Measrs• BLAGRAVE and WALTett, Solicitors to the Creditors of the Princess of WALES, intimating that Mr. A DAM, the Pririee,Of \VALES'S Chancellor, and Mr. GRAY, his Royal Highness's Deputy Treasurer, would at tend and itibmit to them a plan which his Royal Highness had adopted to pay their demands, and se cure them in fuiure. Mr. ADAM, after 'stating that thel ) rince had ta ken their case into his most serious . consideration in every point of view, observed that the affltirs of his Royal Highness were all administered under an act of the 35th of the King, whiCh`,rendered it illegal for the Prince to grant : any i bond or obligation, and protected him against personal 'action, but rendered his revenue liable; if the Creditors followed out the provisions 'Of the Act, by delivering in . their bills signed within ten days .after the quarter, and pro vided they sued on them within three months from that delivery. _ Mr. ADAM proceeded to state, that the Prince's Treasurer had constantly every quarter paid the al of 1'2,0001. a year to the Officer of her Royal Highness, and that this allowance bad never been an'instant in arrear from 1.802-to the present time, and that the Prince had always paid this sun), dear from the Income Tax, though P2;0001. per annum was deducted from himself on that • ac.; count; that the Prince had now increased the Fria-. cess's income to 17,0001. a-year, to be paid quar terly, without deducting the Income Tax. • Mr. ADAM then stated, that the Princess was paid : for pertonal eXpences a! the Exchequer 56, 001. a-year, making 'in all, an it,conle of:22,0001. and that. it was upon this increased - income of 17;0001.a -year: nett, that the Prince had devised the security . for the cre ditors in future, liaving made it a condition that the Princess' should appoint an officer to receite that in come, who was errioined;in the settling the accounts, to follow the course prescribed by the Aet of Par liament for regulating the expenditareof the Prince; that a paper to this effeel had been accordingly signed by the PrinceSs, so that the creditors had now only to observe the forms of the Aet of Parliament,' in order .to insure their payment. Mr. AnAar assured the CreditOrS, that the Prince had ap propriated as large a sum as his situation would ad .mit to discharge the debts of the, Princess, and that the regularity of the payments might be depended upon. Nor was this all, fOr as some of the Credi tors had expressed a dread., upon the possible Cala mity of being deprived of the prince, his Royal Highness, though precluded by law from binding himself by,deed or note, 'would`render his property ' and rights, in case of such event, available to the same purpose. Mr. ADAM finally observed, that the Prince assumed the whole debt 'o'f the Princess,, amounting to 45,0001. ;. 1 that 10,0001. had been' now • paia ; and that in the first week in Janpry the se-- cond instal l ment would he ready. On Saturday -his Royal Highness the Duke of tAMBRIDGH left town, cm a visit ;to their MA- JksttEs at Windsor. . , Mr. CURWEN has, by some late agricultural ex• periments, thrown considerable light on the theory 6 f vegetables. The opening of the land by the Plough , he has discovered is attended with another benefit (hitherto unnoticed), ,Than that:of : merely allowing the' extension of the roots in the soil thus loosened, it promotes,, in dry seasons, the evapora tion Of much moisture from the earth, .and thereby creates for the plants a pabulum, whiCh, 'absorbed by their leaves, renders them.in a high deiree. lux uriant and produ&ive. The mode of.; depositing tnanure is 'made subservient to this disovery, 'by ,equally good crops being Froduced with a less quan tity o f i t. Saturday morning a carpenter, 'belonging to C:)- tent- Garden Theatre, fell from a height cif So feet upon, the, stage, .by which his arm was broken, lnd his head terribly bruised. He was earned :to the without hopes of recovery..., • SMITHFIELD MARKET, , 7, This da:fr's market afforded a gooct supply of. prim- Beasts, and the chow of Catrie in other re-, 5p,13 3 was corptiderabie ; Pork, and Veal, sold at last prices ; Lamb cheaper; and , the trade for the most part is somewhat brisk.— . -The 341 es in the Hay Market were t o l era bly li ve l y ; S traw Pas dropped i n price since Friday's , Icrarket ; Clov e r Th e a better price ; Hay.obtained Jast price.-- 4 ne undermentioned prices and numbers are an lc- CUtate statement • To . sink the Offal vet stone or SO, 4s Btef . Bd. to s. 44. Mutton 4s Fd. to Ss.d.--Veal 45. oci. to 6 s . Od.—P ort to 6s. 'ed. —Lamb ss. oct. to 53 . 44: BFa-sts, beep and Lamb s , t - ,soo.—Ca l ves, Pigs, 233. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARE:ET. Hay sl. 151. od. to 71. Cs. 0(1. Straw EL :ott. cd. to 21. 11S. od.—Clover 71. es. cd. to 81. Bs. cd. CORN - EXCHANGR, JULY t7.—To-day the Em bargo coast ways, preretyl t n the prrivali of. Grain in g-neral, few sales of tintion. hand are effeaed during its conti:mance; Wheatil,iahout'as.- per. quarter • fearer ; in Ba r l e y and'intlf little variati o n ; P eas a " -Beans bßothe .I '.`ti 7 4?;litnils likewise; there are coniiderable remainitts. supplies 0f foreign Oats ; fine larnples_ whereof art - 41'tl , tecr somewhat dearer.; 1 ' 101 ,3r - fully - at the - rav:iro h tiriali,i flue .Aruerican 48g. tc 52z. per ltarrel. • RIIS7 TATIVA INT ELLIGEATCE. CALCUTTA, DECEMBER B.—According .to coil current and authentic accounts train the. \t'e,t of India, the once formidable and enterprising Jtswunt Rao Holkar has forsome time past been afflicted with with insanity. At tithes', be cannot recognize even the membets of his own family ; and, ori•otlter oC afiOn3, he is said to exhibit signs of the most dangerous and uncontroulable insanity. His Sirdars are already beginning to etre& their independence. This branch Of the Mahratta Empire must speedily sink into obscurity. Intelligence had reached. Ma dras that the British troops having stormed •t he line's of Travancore, the Rajah had consented to, such terms of accotrunodation as were prescribed by them. The Factory at Anjenja dues not appear to have been molested. • The following is from a Bombay paper " By-letters received from the detachment under Lieutenant;-Colonel DovetOti, of date December 29th, we are happy to announce his having, after a march of too miles, performed in 62 hours, come up with, and. totally defeated the body of horse and artillery un der Bungas Cawn, late n•Strdar of high rank in Hoi kar.s service, then besieging Amulneer, a fort situated bet ween the Adjunty Pass and the river Taptee. Col. Doveton, with two detachments of native cavalry and a detachment of horse. artillery, was about 8 miles in front oft he infantry, and on reaching a small eminence about re t o'clock in the morning, was gratified by a sight of the enemy's cavalry encamped in the valley below, and, without waiting for his in fantry,he imme diately formed up, and charged the camp. The Off- . sequence v‘ai a total defeat, and the capture of i 4 guns, 5' elephants, near 100 camels, - and 100 horses, three principal Sirdars taken, Bungas Cawn's brother among them, and wounded. The CaWn himself escaped to a strong bill fort, near the frotitier of Gu zetat, and now in the: possession of Myput Ram. To this fort Colonel Wallace is Makin. , hasty marches of .20 and 25 miles each day, and Colonel Doveton is also, by another route, pursuing the fugitives." The flank companies of the native corp, under the Presidency of Bengal, have Been formed into ten battalions : the command of which, with the ex ception of one battalion, has been given to Officers in his MajeAy's service. SIR GEORGE BARLOIV ANLI GEN. M'DOWALL. [The followipg'are the official documents relating to the very extraurdin •ry dispute between the Governor and;the Coin- Mandel' in Chiet on the Madras Establishment.. GENERAL ORDERS, • BY TUE COMMANDER IN -Clint,. " Head-quarters, Citoultry Plain, jan. 23, avg. " The immediate departure of Lieutenant - General M'Dowall from Madras, will prevent him from. pur. suing the design of bringing Lieutenant-Colonel Monro, Quarter- MaStet General, to trial, fur disobedience of orders, and for contempt of military authority, in having resorted to the Civil Government, in defiance of the Officer at the head of the Army, who had placed him under arrest on charges preferred a:a nst him by a number of Officers commanding_ native,•Corps ; in consequence of which appeal direct to the Honourable the President 'in Council, Lieutenant-Gene. ral AtaDOwall received a positive order from the Supreme Government to liberate Lieutenant Colonel Munro from his corfinenient. Such conduct on the part of Colonel Monro being destruaive of subordination, subversive of military discipline, a violation of the sacred rights of the Commander in Chief, and holding out a Moat dangerous example to the - service, - Lieut6iant-G,neral M'Dowail, in support of the - dignity ,of the profession, and his own station and citarader, le:eis it incumbent upon him to express his strong disappro bation'of Lieutenant-Colonel Nlonto's unexampled proceed.' iiigs, and considers it a solemn duty imposed upon him to reprimand Lieutenant-C010n...1 Monro in General Orders, and he is hereby; kprinianded accordingly. . " F. CAPP CR, Adj.-Gelieral of the Army" ' GENERAL ORDERS, WY THE COSIMANiDZIt IN CHIEF. Head-Quarters, Choultry- plain, lan, 1809. " The MOVICEt is now arrived, when Lieutenant-General M'Dowaliis to take leave of the ,Company's army , whose ardent courage, consummate discipline, and persevering firm ness, have displayed in the achievements of those bril liant explinis which have secured its own glory, and added to the British empire extensive fertile regions of incalculable ,value and importance. May your patriotism, valour. -and worth, be acknowle4ed and rewarded by your King, and the East-lnrha Company, in proportion as they are known and appreciated by your Commander.in Wet: Had Lieut. General M'Dowall succeeded to the high and enviable office, with all the advantages en joyed by his predecessors, .he would, upon,firSt as suming the command, have promulgated his senti ments on so flattering an event ;, but the circum stances of his appointment were so humiliating and unpropitious, that ,he declined addressing the army, in the anxious hope that the Court of Diretiors might, on further deliberation, be induCed to restore bitn to his right, by altering the new and extraor dinary forms of Government, andhave enabled him to exercise the functions of his station, as the.repre sentative of the- army, ix itit honour to the service and credit to himself ; no prospect of such an oc currence being at all probable, in justice to the army and to his own 'character, he has determined tV retire. `• On quitting . a country where be has . passed the greatest' part of his.lite, and where he possesses many. dear itnd respe6trible. friends,. Lieut.-Gen. M`Dowall cannot . view sep.tration from a body of men he is sincer,oly attached to, without suffering the inoit painful sensations; from the nature of the service, he can have hale chance of ever meeting with then) again ; bUt tie is bound to deelare,that the whole of their conduet meets with his entire approbation, and he will boldly affirm, without danger of Contra • (Notion, that his Majesty has not, in any part.of his donainious, a more loyal, patriotic, and valiant class of soldiers and suhje44, than the Officers composing the array at Fort St. George: That success may continue to • attend' their steps—that their • dearly bought laurels may never decay—;and that their bra very and discipline may gather additional wreaths in the field of honour, is , the sincere prayer of a man who will never forget them. • • - (Signed) "F. CAPrER, `• Adjutant-General of the Army." GENERAL ORDERS, LY COSRS:VIENT. " Fort St. George, fart. 34 1809. It has recently come to the knowledge of the Governor in Council, that Lieut.-General M‘Dovvall did, previously to his embarkation from the Presi dency, leave, to be published to the army r a Gene ral Order, dated the 28th instant, in the highest de .gree.,disrespvctful- to the , authothy oit he Govern went, that Oilicer has -presumedto found a •pUbliccenowe on. an :int,,ado.pti.-4,unner the . . irrv mediate_authoriiy of the. G.Dvernor_in_.Council,-and to convey insinuations grossly4rrogatory : to thecha l'a6ter of ;he Ciuvet titthVc live A f rn4iivary . . . ioe, and of the 'fi.vndatibtl . 4 t its, TLe'res;gnatioii of Lieut.-tic i:erat M‘ Dowali , • ot the command of the army of lort 41. George, not having been yet received, it becomes the duty of the Governor in CounCil, iuJ consideration. of the vtoient and inflammatory proceedings of that Officer, in the present and on otJn recent occasions, and for the purpose of preventing the repetiti'on Of fur ther aas of outrage, to anticipate the period. of his expected resignation, - -and to . annul the appoint ment of Lieutenaat-General M'Dowall to the coin man(' of the Army of this Presidency ; Lteutenant r General M‘Dowan is according hereby,,:removed from the station of CoMmander in Chid of the Forces of Fort St. George. " The GOernor in Council mush lament,. with tile deepest regret, the necessity of resorting t o au extreme enea,nre of this nature ; but when ma- West endeavour has been used to bring into degra-• dation the Supreme Public Authority, it is essential that the vindication should not be less signal than the offence ; and t hat a Memorable example should be given that proceedings snbversive of theestablish ed order can find no security under the sanction of tank, hoviiex er exalted. • "The General'Order in question having heeri cir culated under the 'signature of the .Deputy-Adjutant General of the Arm), it must 'have been•known to that Officer, that in giving 'cnrrency to a paper of this offensive de4cription, he watt acting in direct violation of his duly to the Government, a's no au thority 'can . juStify the execution of an illegal act, connected as that act obviously, in the present case has been, with Virws of the. most reprehensible ta!- tore, the Governor in Council thinks, proper td mark his. highest, displeasure of the conduct of Major Boles, by directing ' .that he shall be suspended from the Comparly's service.' • " The General Order left by the Commander in Chief for publication, under date the ath instant, is directed to be expunged from every public record, and the Adjutant General of the Army, will iintne diatey circulate the necessary orders fur that purpose. " By order of the Hon. Governor in Council, " Gao. &CHAN', Sec. to Government." The office of Adjataht. and Deputy Adjutant Ge nerals had been tendered *to dill:. rent Gentlemen, and had been repeatedly declined. The former oflicet was, alter some solicitation, accepted - 5y Licit.-Col. J. Cuppage. Major-General - Go:vdie is appointed 'Commander in Chief, vice Lient.-General • A Memorial signed by 9t7 Officers, of the King's: and CoMpany's armies, has been sent by this oppor tunity; representing certain military regulations, proposed to be adOPted by the Madras Government, as highly detritpental to the service, and as injurious to our national interests. - A Gentletnan, high in the civil service, had been sent from the Presidency of Vizagapatam. The military retrenchments in the.contemplation of Sir G: Barlow are said to amount to. six fats of pagodas annually. t ut.these could not be erleaed but by disbanding the whole corps of Engineers, and curtailing the general Stag Of the army. MADRAS GAZETTE, Faa:is, 169. The Hon. the Governor in Council has, recently received a particular account of the action which took place at aoilon on the 16th pit. between . the British 'troops of Travancore; in which, after a se vere and Jong contest,. the Travancore troops were' defeated, with heavy loSs. From the extent of the combined force which was 'opposed to the British troops, this signal victory reflects the highest ho nour on theix discipline and valour ; the cfrwernor in Council has. great satisfaction in expressing his strongest approsation of thir meritoripus conduct. The Governor in Council accordingly, conveys to Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers, who commanded the British detachment at (lotion, in this d6tinguished action, his public i;lanks,. and - Lieut.-Col. Chalmers is requested to convey the thanks .of the- Governor -in Council to Lietn.-C o l. Picti,n, of his Majesty's , 2th regiment, Major Muerhead, Major Harijilton, Captain Ne wall, Captain Pepper ; Captain Macintosh, Lieut. Lindsay, Lieiit. Arthur, of the: Engineers,. and the Officers, of . the Staff; Capt. Cranston; and Capt. Ahruuty, with the other Officers and :trOops of the detachment who bravely - signalized them selves on the occasion. The Hon. the Governor in Council also takes this opportunity of e'xpressing his warm approbation of *the conduct of a detachment of troops Stationed at Cochin, tipder the command of•Majer Hewittiwho, with great skill and bravery, repulsed a nnmerous and united force of the tr. ops of Traviteeore and Cochin, in an attack which they made on 'the Bri , L. tish detachMent, on the 19th. The d l overin Council has particular satisfaction in expressing to Major HEWITT, and to the Officers and troops un der his command, his public thanks for their highly deserving condif(t. • A dispatch, dated. the 10th instant, has been re cdived froM the Hen. Lieutenant-C.ol,:nel St. Leger, from the camp in TravAneJre, in which he relates the complete success which has attethltd the.; forces deputed by him to storm the Balmer. The party consisted of a detachment of two companies, and the picquets of his Majesty's Linth Regiment under • Capt. Syms, four flank companies and five battalion companies of the 3d Native Infantry, under Captain Lucas, the whole commanded by-,Major ,notwithstanding the difficulty of approach, the walls were scaled, and the Arambooly lines and covering redor.bts, N.. and S. carried. This service being effeth d, a company of his Majesty's Geth, and.three of the first battalion 13th- Native Infantry, under Captain Hodgson, were sent to reinforce Major Welsh, who then stormed and carried the main lines. At the date of this dispatch, Col. St. Leger was encamped two miles within the gate.. Colonel' St. Leger speaks it, 'the highest terms of': the conduct'of Majors Welsh and. Lambton; and of all the OfficerS employed on this glorious service, and particularly laments the wound of Capt. Con ningham of his Majesty's fieth regiment, which we hear haysince proved mortal. The names of the Officers employed in this service are : Major Welsh, Capts. Syrns, Lindsay, Cunningham Lieutenants :Carey, Reid, Lane, Raley ; Captains Lucas, Pepper, Carfrae.; Lieutenants Walker, Tay, Dawson, Go ble, Inveranty, Jeffery, Rule, Shepherd, Black, Sd Native Infantry ; and Colonel Bertram, of the pi- , oneeis.—Colonel St. Leger wss in possession of the Arsenal, which was extremely well stored, and of a number of *tea of ordnanm . - AM's. VlL'flucs. giierk toionvi NVAILD.LeS, Letter to am Puhlic,,we conc.:Ave it proper t i n glye Mrs. : CLltaiFset ..knswet to it, thotigh throws no.newr opocit the subje4t,, except in, retelling, lo Mr,. ;'Nitz G r's servants as al;le. to 13rove the tfutti lir; 'ct/ideiit6 on the recent trial. This - reference , to the b'ervants. which Mri. CLA &lta tiost tie ton piucient Co make without foundation,. can 'leave no duuto as to ALIN coi.dua of Colonel Wiiltin.s, and puts the stroke to his reputation, AIRS. cLARKt, To THE PiIOFLE OF 'rkfE UNITED ai11,i0D171.6:. . ; Honoured as tpy testitrionY - befere the House or COmmons has .beery, with the 'confidence of the country at large,, and sanctioned as my evidence has been, in a recent . instance, by a Jury ot 'my Coun trymen,, I, tees .myself called upon (after bilurding lime for Or most delikerate rejleCiioV to a, tei - ess you; in consequence of a citcumsti-n ce w tech nits at t-en out Of the .causein which Mr. Wr get, an Oho'. serer, was Plaintiff, Colonel W a iek, D c f r od,, n r, - and Mr. Daniel Wright, brother at the PlaiiittF, and ingse(f, were Witnesses. In this cause it is well . known that Colonel Wardle was .cast, to the satis , faCtion of every honest tradesmaii, and, indeed, of every body in the Cottrl. The detail of evidence the Public Prints will atford. As tar as regards inj testimony these • details are somewhat inaccurate, but they are sufficiently correct to have enabled die .Public to strengthen this verdict with an almost uni - - versa! approbation. Colonel Wardle, inflated b' a popularity, the extent of which was as unexpected, as it will be toUnd to have ,been undeserved',. Ind vainly flattered himself that this same ropularity would protea him against the Justice of his Couo try. Disappointed at the verdkt, he has lost his pro- deuce with his tetker ; and, without giving itiait'eff time for. reflection, has made an ,ittittsUal appeal to the people of the United Kingdom,- against the Ver diet of a- 3ory. As an ezvome for this almost un= • preeedented circumstance, he- has- stared ; that his 'Counsel,. notwithstanding, his earnest entreaty, re peated to them -in writing- during On: trial, in the strongest terms, did not comply with his realest to examine Major Dodd, Mr..Gzennie, and others...-. However-he may vapour about these Witnesses Oat of Court, even Colonel Wardle will hesitate befure he venturesan stibjett •them to *an examination upon inath, whilst the written docualentsexist which will inculpate mere exalted persons, ,and shake the very foundation of his,own ephemeral popularity: Ct.& Wardle is not ignorant of the reams which may •;:have induced the. suppression of Ale written testi. mony, that would ‘ haVe undeniably corroborated my evidence. Colonel Wardle knows that Mr. Wright', servants, a s asaathers, can prtwe 't.tery syllable that 1 have sworn. Co:onel, Wardle has been too full Arihrsell, and too imprudent not to have made, many unnecessary colfidants of his in ern ions and promises. I dart: say the eVidvfiC,:! of Mdjor Dodd --lied Mr. Glennie would have teen founded in II uth "it would, therefore,, have been madness in Colonel , Wardle to have examined them, and he knows this. "~Major Dodd heard my evidence; he c ou ld h a , e contradicted me, upon the spot, if I had beets wrong; and is there any reason. to suppose that he would have had any set uple to have sworn to the truth, if that truth could hai C eener• a diti t e anyone such a fool as to brlieVe, that ?—but in this ewe the Major must have spoken the whole truth, • and nothing but the truth—as the Attorney- Cieneral said, his presence or his absence equally supported Mr. Wright's case. I do not pretend to know any thing about law, but I know what is common sense, which I think is mere thee, Colonel Wardle appears to know. If. he had been content to throw the ,blame of his failure upon his Counsel, it would have ' been no businesS of mine—they are able to defend themselves; bUt - to be charged with a criwe so dis graceful, so low, so contemptible, and by a person too, who of all men best knows how abhorrent my .nature is from any thing likefa/sekood; to be charg ed, I say, with Perjury, by Colonel Wardle, is really too bad; .I understand great stress has been laidby Col. Wardle and some of his partizans, upon \a letter which I wrote to him in the month of May last, upon the subject of the -engagements and 'pro• raises made to cue prior to that investigation, and this letter •is said to' have occasioned his determination not to lie me oily nfore: Why ! Colon - el Wardle called the same day after he had received the letter, and' I. would not see him, being determined to have no further communication with him, except•in writing. Col. Wardle will re coiled the conversation be had, with my servant upon -the sub)ed of this letter; and the appointment he made with her to meet him at seven o'clock that evel ing at the Chapel door : fortunately I have a copy of that•letter, -and so little am I disposed to conceal any thing I may either have Said or written, that, it this intimation does not compel Col. Wardle to do me the justice of giving this letter to the public, And, no longer to shelter his atimAnly insinuations under the cloak of delicacy, I - will , myseif . publish it. It only remains' for me to declare before God and my c , Juntry, that the evidence I gave was strictly true; and that my intimacy with Colonel lPardle merely related to my , .evidence and his promises : most anxiothly, therefore, do I look forward _to the period when the 1 - Utility of Col. Wardle's attempts to prove the con itrary to Le' the.fael, will recoil upon himself' and others, and only strengthen the claims which I have to the public confidence in my veracity. I trust that till then; the public w l Suspend their judgment upon Colonel Wardle's intemperate accusation. Although it mny 'not be equally. -proper in me, as in Colonel Wardle, to. stare the gratitude, the respea I feel for the pUblic approbation of such parts'of my. Conduct as admitted of that approbation, yet I hope it is not denied; even to me; to express the anguish of mind I Should endure, if upon such on occasion, and such a . 7,;:coner, I had really deserved their disapprolation. thave the honour to be, with great respect, MARY ANNE CLARKE. Westtourn-Plate, July 1: ii3o9. At the Pub Whitechapel, Robert Page, aged 56, a jqurbeynlan , -mason, in Essex-stre.et, Whitechapel, was charged with having committed a rape on his step-daughter, 14 years of age. She ap peared to be very Correa in her evirkoce, which her mother (the prisoner's wife) corroborated, having caitglit them in bed ; the case I:oeing very strongly made out against the prisoner, be Iva* fully commit.. ted to Newgate 16r trial.